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Edie Falco, Dominic Chianese and Lorraine Bracco were among the guests at the funeral for Sopranos star James Gandolfini, who died of a heart attack last week while on holiday in Italy. The funeral was held Thursday at New York's Church of St. John the Divine.

Coronary artery disease is the most common form of heart disease, and is the No. 1 killer of Canadian men and women. Coronary arteries are blood vessels found on the outside of the heart
that deliver oxygen-rich blood to heart muscle. CAD occurs when these
vessels develop narrowings caused by fatty plaques that build up on the
inside lining.

Can a treatment for diabetes damage your heart? A recent study has raised this possibility. One of the fastest growing global epidemics is Type 2 diabetes. According to statistics from the Canadian Diabetes Association, more than 2 million Canadians have diabetes, and this is anticipated to rise to 3 million by the end of the decade. What’s more – and this is quite alarming – the condition is being diagnosed in a growing number of children.

Is North America's biggest killer lurking in you? If you
suffer from angina, have had a heart attack or have undergone either
an angioplasty or open-heart bypass surgery, the answer is yes: You
have coronary artery disease.

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